Spota: 2 Brookhaven Workers Among 4 Busted for Dealing Pills

Four people, including one former and one current Town of Brookhaven employee, are denying that they illegally sold Hydrocodone, a prescription painkiller, Suffolk County prosecutors said.

Anthony Gazzola, a former town highway department laborer, and Joseph Manzella, a town sign shop worker, both pleaded not guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance at First District Court in Central Islip.

Gazzola, 21, of East Patchogue, was already in Suffolk County jail after a judge set his bail at $100,000 following his arrest last week for allegedly burglarizing several homes in East Patchogue, Medford, Bayport and Blue Point.

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He faced the new charge Thursday. Manzella, 28, of Mastic, was released on $10,000 bail after his Sept. 8 arraignment.

The other two suspects, 20-year-old Catherine Bright and 27-year-old Louis Gardella, both of East Patchogue, each pleaded not guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance Thursday.

Bail for Bright was set at $500 and bail for Gardella was set at $5,000.

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